Connective, a leading provider of e-signatures, e-transactions and e-mandates solutions announces today that is has opened its Dutch office in The Hague, the Netherlands.

 Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has completed its acquisition of the Fiduciary Services and Competitive Intelligence unit from Thomson Reuters’ (NYSE: TRI) Lipper division. The acquisition expands Broadridge’s leading enterprise data and analytics solutions for mutual fund manufacturers, ETF issuers, and fund administrators, adding new global data and research capabilities. Broadridge announced its agreement to acquire the business on May 21, 2015. Terms were not disclosed.

London-based money transfer startup TransferWise says it is now processing £500 million a month on its platform, saving customers some £22 million in fees compared to equivalent bank rates.

Volante Technologies, a global leader in the provision of financial message and data integration, validation and processing software, today announced a strategic partnership with Access to Arabia (A2A).  The initial focus of the partnership is to aid banks in Jordan, many of whom are existing A2A clients, migrate to ISO 20022-based payment messages.

Vodafone's Turkish arm is using technology from EyeVerify to enable customers to open its mobile wallet simply by looking at their handsets.

Tennis champion Andy Murray announced today that he has entered a long-term partnership arrangement with Seedrs, the London-based equity crowdfunding platform.

The arrangement will see Andy joining the Seedrs Advisory Board to provide advice to the firm with respect to businesses working in the health, sport and wearable technology spaces. Andy will not be offering advice to individual investors or recommending specific campaigns.

 A study conducted by SunGard reveals that one out of three energy traders demand advanced analytics, business intelligence and overall more responsive and integrated energy/commodity trading and risk management systems (E/CTRM) in order to adapt and thrive in today’s “perfect storm” in energy and commodities.

 Zero2Ten, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edgewater Technology (Nasdaq:EDGW) and part of Edgewater Fullscope, has been named a finalist for the 2015 Microsoft Dynamics Cloud Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

Calypso Technology, Inc., the standard for treasury and capital markets software, has appointed Mehdi Miri as Senior Vice President, Professional Services. In his new role, Miri will oversee the strategic direction of product implementation for Calypso's clients, as well as process improvement and new service offerings.

Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has revealed the results of their recent research shows industry professionals believe mobile payments, NFC and contactless technology will reach mass adoption within five years despite previous results indicating they should already be mainstream.